Hi Viola It would appear that Cree and Chippewa might sometimes be one and the same, Here is a site with some information http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~databank/hp.html#CC CHIPPEWA-CREE TRIBE HERITAGE DATABANK SERVICE 718 T0M 0J0 CANADA Copyright 1996 by: J. Fromhold _________________________________________ Reference has sometimes been made to a Chippewa-Cree Tribe. No such tribe has ever existed as an independent political entity. The term has largely been used by the Rocky Boy Band in Montana, and by Dr. John Ewers in reference to that band. All western Canadian and Cree bands were to various degrees mixed Cree, Metis, Chippewa, Nakoda and sundry other ethnic groups. By and large, they considered themselves as Cree. Various bands were proportionately more Chippewa or Nakoda in composition and tended to identify as such. In all cases they considered themselves as an allied people and operated under one political umbrella broken down into regional sub-tribes of which the regional Head Chief might be from any one of the composite ethnic groups, depending entirely on the size of his following. At Sun Dances and other such gatherings they were a fully integrated tribe. By and large, the people themselves were ethnically highly mixed. The language spoken by any particular group might be largely one or the other, but usually included Cree and another language. The Chippewa, although speaking a Chippewa dialect akin to Cree called their own dialect Cree. With the advent of the reservation system the Government has chosen to classifly different bands/reserves as either Cree, Chippewa or Assiniboin. In a number of cases this identity has changed over the years, with bands tending more to identify as Cree. see also CREE BIG BEAR'S BAND O'CHIESE BAND ROCKY BOY BAND SOTO JACKFISH LAKE SOTO SAULTEAUX FIRST NATION (Sask) This homepage is maintained by: HERITAGE DATABANK SERVICE 718 T0M 0J0 CANADA For more information see the homepage Regards David On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:15:20 -0500, Viola Seward wrote: >Hello. How far back does the census go? Do you have City Directories? >Have found a Landry family who lived at or near Lake Superior were >Chippewa. Now all my life i heard we were Chippewa. But every paper i >have gotten on my Tremblay and Landry name say Cree. Was also told maybe >Landry changed there nationalities after the Riel incident. Any one know >any thing about this? You see Marie Landry and her daughter Catherine >were both born in BC. 1800-1818. >Thank you. >Viola. > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > >